Ch. 11

SadEyed Tenshi and Jacky: It's supposed to be confusing. ::smiles evily::

Darkless Vassion: Yeah, you could call it revenge. Hey, Naraku is Naraku; he probably would have just as well done it out of pure spite. Nayamo doesn't remember all about his past life, but he felt naturally cold to Kagome, Hikaru, Midori and Ryu, and he knew that he needed to... do... something.

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Kagome surveyed the scene in front of her with immense horror. Hikaru Kimihiro was lying on the floor, his eyes closed and his hair standing up from electricity. His wire framed glasses lay broken on the floor next to...

The electrical socket...

"What the hell were you thinking!!" Midori rushed over to Hikaru's side.

"What happened...?" Kagome asked, confused. Ryu rolled his eyes.

"I told the guy that he needed to stop being such a wimp and go get shocked..." Ryu said, shrugging. "Hikaru totally flipped out and started yelling about how he 'didn't intend to risk his life by misbehaving in this place'. I nicely told him that if he didn't go get in trouble, I'd get in trouble for him. And then he got really mad..." Ryu smirked. "He started yelling and I yelled back, of course. He got up and started toward the door, and I grabbed him by the collar and shook him a bit. His glasses shifted, and I knocked him, gently... well, pretty gently....against the wall. Of course, his glasses were all strange, and the end of one accidentally fit into one of the sockets... with a bit of help from my foot!" Ryu looked proud of himself. "And then he flew halfway across the room, and Midori started screaming... you can take it from there."

"He's not breathing, asshole!" Midori screamed, pressing her hand into Hikaru's right wrist.

"Oh my God... oh my God..." Kagome slumped to the floor. "I can't handle all this... Kagura... Hikaru... this is...."

"Kagura? Who's Kagura? You found her?" Ryu snapped to attention. "Is it that white-haired chick?"

Kagome sighed. "We need to go get Nayamo-san. Midori-chan... don't panic..."

"I'm way beyond panicking, here!!"

"He might be okay... he might be okay... seriously..." Kagome tried to get up, but her knees gave out, and she slumped back down. "Dammit... I can't handle this..."

"Am I the only one who's not nervous about this? The dude is fine!" Ryu grinned and strolled casually over to the bathroom. "Now if you'll excuse me..."

"Asshole..." Midori muttered, as the door shut behind him.

"I heard that, Midori-chan!" He yelled back playfully. Midori growled angrily, and felt for Hikaru's pulse again. After two minutes of silence, she gave up and sat back onto her heels. Kagome pushed her black bangs back, and started toward the door.

"Wait..." Midori grabbed onto Kagome's sleeve. "Getting Nayamo could be the worst possible thing to do right now..."

"But Hikaru's not... "

"If he doesn't come around in five more minutes, then I'll go get Nayamo. But just wait for a bit longer..."

"...fine." Kagome sat down heavily on her bed, casting nervous glances at Hikaru and Midori, who was holding onto Hikaru's hand and patting it gently. The sound of water running came from the bathroom, and Ryu emerged, a toothbrush in his mouth.

"Ugh. That dude hasn't-" He paused to swallow some toothpaste. "Hasn't woken up yet?"

"Why do you care? You're the one that did it, Ryu-chan..."

"If you're going to hold a grudge..." He let his voice trail off and padded back into the bathroom to finish brushing his teeth. Midori waited until the bathroom door shut, and then she checked his pulse again.

"Damn. Okay, Kagome-chan, go get Nayamo, please? I still can't- WHAT THE HELL??" Midori jumped up and away from Hikaru, her face flushed and her eyes wide.

"Midori? Midori, what is it??" Kagome asked, rushing over to her friend.

"I felt..."

"Did you feel his heartbeat? Is he alive?"

"Hey, what's wrong? Did you girls see a bug?" Ryu's voice echoed in the room, and Midori turned to him, her eyes flaming.

"No, we did not see a bug, but I felt-"

"Sorry about that!" Hikaru's voice came again, but he didn't sound quite the same. His voice was clear now, and not as soft as before.

Ryu coughed. "Told you guys he wasn't dead."

"They thought I was dead?" Hikaru sat up and retrieved his glasses from their spot beside the door. He fit them back onto his nose, letting them dangle precariously on the tip. "Midori-chan, you weren't feeling in the right place..." He pulled back his long sleeved shirt. "You've gotta press right here." He pointed to the piece of skin right below his wrist, above his watch.

"So, you faked it? To feel up on me?" Midori's voice cracked with rage, and Hikaru's eyes grew nervous as she stalked closer to him.

"'Feel up' is a really negative term... it's more like..." He trailed off as Midori got about three inches away from him. She smirked slightly, then slapped Hikaru across the face with all her might.

"Now was that necessary?" He asked, wincing.

"Yes! You scared the shit out of me!" She said angrily. He grinned.

"Sorry! I was just... exploring?"

"Now that is the worst possible thing you could say right now." Ryu commented, sauntering over to stand next to Kagome. "And trust me, I know a lot of bad things to say."

"You seem like the kind of person who would know that sort of stuff." Kagome said dryly.

"Exploring? Exploring? What kind of- how do you-" Midori stumbled over her words. Hikaru smiled.

"Don't worry, Sango-chan! I'm not a bad guy, really!"

"....You're Miroku." She said, stupidly, her eyes growing wide and her face turning pink.

"As far as I know, that's his name! Er... my name?" He shrugged. "I think I got more electricity than both of you... thanks to InuYasha over there..."

"Are you trying to pick a fight with me or something?" Ryu asked lazily. Kagome stifled a laugh.

"What are you so happy about?" Midori asked, smiling. Kagome shrugged.

"Just glad to have you... back? God, this feels like a dream!"

"It is a dream." Ryu said smartly. "We're all actually insane and we've cooked up a feudal fairytale to get away from the death and destruction in our real lives."

"Shut up, dog boy." Midori said, smacking him on the back of the head. "You and your pessimism is starting to get to me."

"Feh!" Ryu went back to his bed and pulled his black backpack onto his knees. "Like I care if we're all here. I mean, what should we do? Answer: there's nothing to do. After this week is over, and we only have three days left anyways, we'll all go back to our normal lives. Midori goes back to being an athletic superstar, Hikaru to being a shy bookworm, and Kagome to being a popular chick at Sorai High. And I'll go back to my highschool, and we'll forget about all this in like, two years."

"I sure won't." Midori said confidently.

"Yeah, me neither..." Added Hikaru.

"Hm. Say what you will..." Ryu shrugged and unzipped his backpack. His grey wallet fell from the top pocket, and Hikaru scooped it up. He glanced at the picture in the front, and his eyes widened.

"How on earth do you have a picture of Kagome in your wallet if you just met her?" He asked, showing Midori the picture. Ryu's face flamed.

"That's not Kagome! Her name's Shinjitsu... she's my... uh.. girlfriend..."

"Kikyo!" Hikaru said, amazed. Kagome and Ryu frowned.

"Yeah right! I don't look a thing like her!" Kagome snatched the picture from Hikaru and looked at it.

"Kagome's right; Shinji and her are about as opposite as night and day!" Ryu said angrily.

"More like as opposite as night and later that same night." Midori cracked, laughing. "They could be twins!"

"Whatever you say, Ryu, I still think that chick could pass for Kag's twin... therefore, she's gotta be Kikyo! That kind of coincidence would be dumb to ignore..."

"Can we drop this?" Kagome asked, shaking. She passed the wallet back to Ryu, who took it gratefully and returned it to his pack.

Dammit... half of my soul returned to Kikyo's body... that must be the soul that Shinjitsu-san possesses... I thought I could have him all to myself... but Kikyo... she got to him already. Like always.

"So, what should we do?" Hikaru asked. Kagome was pleased to see that he did not press more on the Shinjitsu/Ryu matter.

"You mean about the situation that is our own, currently?" Midori asked, her eyes locked on her hair as pulled at a large tangle.

"Hello! We're all back for a reason! I say we kill Naraku! Who's with me?" Ryu asked confidently. Midori rolled her eyes.

"Random killing sprees? In the feudal era that didn't matter much, but today it could land you in jail."

"I know that! I'm not an idiot!"

"Are you positive? Because you sure seem like one..." Midori yanked the tangle out of her hair, letting out a soft whimper as she did so. She pulled her thick hair back into a loose ponytail and pulled out some strands around her face. "I just want to kill that bastard for what he did to Kohaku... I don't think Kohaku got reincarnated... or if he did, he's not in Japan."

"It's safe to assume that Naraku is Nayamo..." Hikaru said, shrugging. "And Katsuya is Kagura and Alisa is Kanna. But if-"

A loud thunderclap interrupted Hikaru. He flinched at the sound. "Damn. Electrical storm." He muttered, checking his watch for the time. "Holy.. It's already 3 AM."

"Really?" Kagome's dark eyes widened as she checked the wall clock, which read 3:02. "I guess... we should get some rest?"

"But don't we want to find a current goal?"

"I still vote for murdering him." Ryu said, shrugging. Kagome laughed softly.

"I vote for finding a way to get out of here, as soon as possible. Because if he realizes who he is, and who we are, we could be in serious trouble." Hikaru ventured. The other three nodded. A sudden electrical tremble sounded through the halls, and the large lamp in the corner went out.

"Seems like the power died..." Midori noted.

"Or someone cut off the power?" Ryu ventured.

A scream ripped into the air, and all four flinched. The scream went on and on for what seemed like an eternity, until it wavered and stopped. Two minutes after the screaming ended, the lights returned to their natural state.

"Okay... that was... weird?" Midori frowned at the doorway.

"What the..." Kagome felt dizzy from all the new surprises.

Miroku

Kagura

Naraku...no.. Nayamo? Or was it Naraku?

Alisa was... Kagura or Katsuya?

But who was... InuYasha?

And who was screaming? Was that Miroku? Sango, maybe?

The screaming, the names, the threats and all else whirled around in Kagome's mind. She leaned on the edge of the bed, her eyes glazed over and she fell silently toward the floor. The last thing she saw was a pair of arms reaching out to catch her, before everything turned black.